Improvement in band-tighteners



" ing drawings,

Portland-.in the county of Jay,

fr mma #31211125 parte aan.

l JAMESN TEMPLER,

FRANCIS M. terreinen, or PORTLAN D, INDIANA, AssIeNon To III-Mente,.-

AND JAMES o. JAY.

` Letters Patent No.97,784, dated Decentlllegfli, 1869; antedated'November 30, 18'69.

The ASchedule referred to theseLetters Patient and making ot the same.

MQLTTRIDGE, of and Stateof vIndiana,

Be it khown i that I, FRANCIS f have invented an Improved Band-Tightener for shocks 'of corn and other shocks fand bundles of grain, and other'substances andthings;` and .I do hereby declare `that the followingis la full, clear, and exaetdeseription thereof, reference being` had to the accompanyand to `the letters of reference marked thereon. f u f Figurel represents a 'planview of the tool;

` Figure 2, -a section tbrough'the enlarged end of "the shaftyand l A. :`v 'Y Figure 3, the same, showingthe hook over which the'looped end of the band is booked. Like letters denote like ofthe drawings. My invention relates to an improvement in bandtighteners, whichconsists mainly lin thefeature, that `i'n tightening, both ends of theJ bander rope are wound parts in the several figures y racking-of` whatever it binds ,is prevented. This and v pointed at one endw other t'eatureslwill bev described after." `,lo enable those skilled in the art to make and `use my invention, I will proceed to describe its constru more fully hereintionandoperatiinx.` y

A represents a round shaft, of suitable length,

A portion, A1, of this shaft, isfconsiderably larger in' diameter than. the rest, and lupon thisjthe rope or band tobe used is wound, one end being `fastened to it, while the y other end is passed 'around theshook, and attached, y a loop, to' ahook, A2, onthe' enlarged part of the shaft. .l

A represents a'ratchet-wheel, which is fastened on itheshaft, `lying against the shoulder, formed by the 'enlarged part A.

A p'awl, a, which `is hinged' on' the 4cross-piece C,

. and acted on by a spring', a', allows the shaft torevolve in one direction only.

` The pawl may, however, beraised and disengaged from `the `ratchetwheel by depressing theend whichlies onthe spring a' l represents a `crank on the extreme endof A1, by which the shaft is revolved.

0 represents a erossf-pieoeor arm, of the form clearly shown. in figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. I t is` arrangednpon the shaft A, its inner side Il ying against the ratchet-wheel,` in such a manner as to revolve freely upon it; but it is prevented'from having any ,longitudinal motion by a pin, which passes through the arm,'and'lies ina groove on the shaft.

' as shown and described.

. In testimony whereof, I have signed myname to Four pulleys, c c and c "c", are arranged in pairs in theslots, in each end of the cross-arm between which the rope or baud passes.

Thisdevice renders the paying out `and taking up and without damaging the of the rope or band easy,

Vrope or band.

enlarged part, A1, of the shaft, as already stated; its

other, loose end,'- is passed through the slot in the cross-arm, between the pulleys c c, and then provided with a loop.

The operation i's as follows: 'Ihe pointed end of the shaft is inserted inthe shocks ofcorrn orwhatever it is intended to bind. Enough of the band or rope to embrace thejshock is payed out, which is done by disengaging the pawl from the up, and drawn in at once, andv equally, wherebyany ratchet-wheel-, and pulling at the loose end. of -the rope or band; this is then 'passed around the shock,

1 The ratchet-wheeland pawl furnish ameans of holding the band or rope at any given tension, any

.length of time.

, 'lhe rope or band may be secured around the shock by tying, or in any other convenient manner. Having thus described my invention,

What I'claini, 'and desire to secure by Letters Pat'- ent, is-

1. The combination of shaft A Al, hook A, ratchetwheel A3, pawl a, spring a', 'crank `B, and oross-arm O, with pulleys c c and c' c', all arranged to operate substantially as described.

2. In `combination with the above, the cut C', on the upper side of the cross-arm 0, with reference to the band or rope, and the pulleys'c' c, substantially thisspecitication, in the presence of two Witnesses, who have also subscribed the same as such.

. FRANCIS M. LOlTRIDGE. Witnessesz.

N ELsoN R. MCKEE, F. SMITH. 

